Water Wall in Kuwait Airport

Transport / Infrastructure

Architectural Design: Foster + Partners

Application Project: GMWM Architects

Outsourced by: GMWM Architects

Client: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works

Date: 2017-2020

Location: Farwaniyah, Kuwait

BIM Stage: LOD 500

Status: Under Construction

The project which is entirely developed in Revit has a unique interior waterfall element built by precast glass blocks. Optimization, modeling, and BIM coordination of these elements required surgical precision modeling and optimization. Staying loyal to original geometry, block types, and geometry was reconstructed and implemented in the application model. Documentation and reports of the work were used by the sub-consultants during construction.